These fast-moving mudflows can devastate towns in a matter of minutes.

Over the past half century, Japan has been hit by many volcanic eruptions, but scientifically those were only considered to ...

The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption remains the deadliest in U.S. history, fundamentally changing how scientists monitor ...

Residents in the East Java province of Indonesia scattered flowers, paid their respects and prayed at the edge of a mud lake ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption was the largest eruption in the 21st century, sending up the highest plume ever recorded. A new ...

Following the eruption of Mount Fuji, falling volcanic ash blankets Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, blocking the sunlight and forcing ...

Imagine Mother Nature writing her own disaster movie. Indonesia’s recent volcanic eruption was like that, with signs everyone missed. It was like a Shakespearean tragedy, with the earth as the main ...

The volcano in North Maluku province erupted on Friday morning, spewing volcanic ash as high as 10km ⁠into the sky.

Though Mount Fuji isn't showing any signs of an imminent eruption, one video warns that this disaster could strike "at any moment, without warning." Reading time 3 minutes For more than 300 years, ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Now, more than four years after that impressive volcanic ...